Asides

https://vimeo.com/87342468 Sometimes I wish it snowed here so I could see what these things look like up close, and then I remember I hate the cold. Snowflakes are still pretty cool, though.

Antartica, in a unique way you’d never have the chance to see from the air: https://vimeo.com/124858722 The beauty of nature is truly astonishing.

The New Horizons space probe is about to reach Pluto to take high resolution photos of the surface, and there’s a public vote page to select a list of names for the features on its surface. Fantastic effort and should be interesting, but I’d just point out the time at which New Horizons was launched, Pluto was still a planet. STILL A PLANET, GENTLEMEN!

How far are the space probes we’ve sent out? Here’s a gorgeous quick reference: Spaceprob.es

Utterly gorgeous photos of birds captured perfectly in flight